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US 11,077,374 B2Granted
Communication system, method for controlling communication system, and program
AssigneeGREE, Inc.
InventorTakayuki Sano
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Abstract
In a communication system including a server and a plurality of communication terminals capable of communication with the server, based on a variety of parameters indicating the status of a space formed within a game playable by the user of each communication terminal over the communication system, the server transmits advisory information, which suggests the next action for the space, to the communication terminal. The communication terminal displays a screen including the received advisory information.
Claims20
A server comprising:
- a communication unit configured to communicate with a plurality of communication terminals for a plurality of users;
- a memory configured to store plural parameters related to a status of a virtual space in a game for each user;
- and
- a controller configured to
- make a determination of a facility which is required to be arranged in a first virtual space of a first user during the game in order to raise a development parameter related to a development of the first virtual space, the facility having not been arranged in the first virtual space, the determination being made prior to selection of the facility by the first user and made based on at least two of the plural parameters related to the status of the first virtual space of the first user, wherein the at least two of the plural parameters include the development parameter and a number of facilities already arranged in the first virtual space,
- generate information related to the facility, the information identifying the facility as required in order to raise the development parameter,
- transmit the generated information to a first communication terminal of the first user for display of the information, and
- cause a first screen including the generated information to be displayed on the first communication terminal such that the facility and the development parameter are indicated in the displayed information.
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A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having stored thereon instructions to be executed on a computer of a first communication terminal of a first user, the instructions causing the computer to perform the steps of:
- communicating with a server that communicates with a plurality of communication terminals for a plurality of users including the first communication terminal of the first user;
- receiving information related to a facility which has not been arranged in a first virtual space of the first user during a game, the information being generated by the server based on a determination of the facility being required to be arranged in the first virtual space in order to raise a development parameter related to a development of the first virtual space, wherein
- the determination is made prior to selection of the facility by the first user and made based on at least two of plural parameters related to a status of the first virtual space of the first user, the at least two of the plural parameters including the development parameter and a number of facilities already arranged in the first virtual space, and
- the information identifies the facility as required in order to raise the development parameter;
- and
- displaying a first screen including the generated information such that the facility and the development parameter are indicated in the displayed information.
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A method comprising:
- storing plural parameters related to a status of a first virtual space in a game for a first user;
- making a determination of a facility which is required to be arranged in the first virtual space of the first user during the game in order to raise a development parameter related to a development of the first virtual space, the facility having not been arranged in the first virtual space, the determination being made prior to selection of the facility by the first user and made based on at least two of the plural parameters related to the status of the first virtual space of the first user, wherein the at least two of the plural parameters include the development parameter and a number of facilities already arranged in the first virtual space;
- generating information related to the facility, the information identifying the facility as required in order to raise the development parameter;
- and
- causing a first screen including the generated information to be displayed such that the facility and the development parameter are indicated in the displayed information.
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A system comprising a communication terminal and a server, the system being configured to:
- store plural parameters related to a status of a first virtual space in a game for a first user;
- make a determination of a facility which is required to be arranged in the first virtual space of the first user during the game in order to raise a development parameter related to a development of the first virtual space, the facility having not been arranged in the first virtual space, the determination being made prior to selection of the facility by the first user and made based on at least two of the plural parameters related to the status of the first virtual space of the first user, wherein the at least two of the plural parameters include the development parameter and a number of facilities already arranged in the first virtual space;
- generate information related to the facility, the information identifying the facility as required in order to raise the development parameter;
- and
- cause a first screen including the generated information to be displayed such that the facility and the development parameter are indicated in the displayed information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.